Mímir Kristjánsson

Kristján Mímir Kristjánsson (born 17 August 1986) is a Norwegian politician representing the Red Party. He is currently a member of the Storting for Rogaland since 2021. He was formerly a city councilor in Stavanger and a political journalist for Klassekampen.

Mímir Kristjánsson
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2021
ConstituencyRogaland
Leader of the Red Youth
In office
April 2006 – June 2008
Preceded byBjørnar Moxnes
Succeeded byMari Eifring
Personal details
Born (1986-08-17) 17 August 1986
Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Political partyRed
Domestic partnerMathilde Holdhus (until 2021)
Children2
OccupationPolitician
Journalist
Author

Personal life

He hails from Stavanger and has an Icelandic father and a Norwegian mother.

He was in a relationship with Mathilde Holdhus, with whom he has two children. In 2022, he revealed that they had separated the year before shortly after their second child was born.[1]

In August 2022, he confirmed that he was in a relationship with fellow Red Party MP Sofie Marhaug.[2] In October 2023, Marhaug moved from her native Bergen to Stavanger in order to live with Kristjánsson.[3]

Career

Red Youth

He served as the leader of Norway's Red Youth between April 2006[4] and June 2008, and the secretary of the Red Party's election campaign from June 2008 until the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election.

Local politics

He was elected to the Stavanger city council in the 2019 local election, and also became the leader for the City Committee for Labour and Salary.[5]

Parliament

Kristjánsson was elected to the Storting in the 2021 election.

In March 2022, he stated that it was the right thing to do for Minister of Labour Hadia Tajik to resign.[6]

Bibliography

In October 2011, he published a book titled De superrike (The Super Rich).[7]

References
  1. "Bekrefter brudd" (in Norwegian). Se og Hør. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. "Fant lykken på Løvebakken" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. "Mímir Kristjánsson og Sofie Marhaug blir samboere" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  4. Sosialisme.no: Nyvalgt leder Mimir Kristjansson
  5. "I strupen på Mímir Kristjánsson for anti-privatisering i kommunen: – De ansatte blir ikke hørt" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  6. "Mimir Kristjansson: Riktig av Tajik å gå av" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. manifest.no: De superrike Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Bok


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